Christmas Whimsy and other Holiday Fun

Last night I had a friend come over and we made some Christmas tags.  I had plans to print out some papers from Holly Jolly and from my new kit and do some tags with those, but the migraine I woke up with yesterday had other plans for me.  So after dinner I ran out to Archiver's and picked up a few sheets of Christmas paper, a glue pad, some acrylic stamps, some super fine glitter, and some brads. My friend brought a tag punch and after attempting to cut a few by hand I proceeded to cut the rest with with the punch.  I'm going to have to get myself one of those.  Here are a few examples of what I did last night:

New this week at GDS I have a cute little kit called Christmas Whimsy.  It is part of the GDS December Designer's Collab.  There are several other parts from the other GDS designers.  You can buy them all and build your own mega.  My portion is a slightly larger mini with 6 papers and 20 elements.




I put together a little doodled alpha together today to match the kits. I hope ya'll like it.



I'm hosting a speed scrap at GDS on Monday night. I'll be giving away matching glitters to all who participate, so if you have a chance and want to speed scrap come join me at 9:30 EST. You can go to the calender at GDS and have a reminder set, too.

Creative Team Call at Elemental Scraps!

Been thinking about joining a CT? Here is an awesome opportunity.

New this week in my shoppes

I've got a few new things in my shoppes at GDS and ES this week.
Here is my wonderful new kit. It is full of beautiful colors, elements, and textures.

Here is a little CT inspiration:

There is also a coordinating, CU OK glitter pack available to match.

I've also got a BRAND NEW set of Blocked Templates.

The set includes 4 layered templates in PSD and PNG format.

Both my GDS shop and ES shoppe have nearly everything on sale this week  for 30-50% off

I also wanted to mention the Digi Dish Challenge over at GDS.  I've got it up and running again this month and
have a wonderful template pack to hand out to everyone who participates.   If you'd like this pair of templates for free head on over and make me a layout following my recipe.




I made this little layout for my example for the challenge using Dream a Little Dream.




And I've made it into a sweet little QP to share with ya'll.





I've got one more layout that I just finished for my good friend Chanin's new blog event called Scrap it To Me Tuesdays. 
 
This is her 2nd week hosting it on her blog and looks like it'll be lots of fun. I used a Sketchology Template by Bella Gypsy from the Templatepalooza Collab with Connie Prince. I also used my Dream a Little Dream kit again.

A Sneaky Peek and a New Look!

I've got a sweet little kit coming soon to my shoppes at GDS and Elemental Scraps.  I am in LOVE with it, too.  It's peaceful and dreamy and has just enough sparkle.

If you'll notice my blog's new look, you'll get a little more of a peek at what is inside the new kit ;)  I am SO SO SO excited to have finally taken the time to dress my blog up.  I have been meaning to for months and months.  Now it's so pretty and I'm wondering why I didn't take the time to do it sooner.  To celebrate the blog's new look I've got a little template to share.

I hope ya'll enjoy the template. Be sure to check back for the reveal and another freebie on Sunday.

val

Hop on the Holiday Sugar Cookie Blog Train!

Follow the links and build your self one HUGE holiday kit freebie! There are 100 Designers taking part in this holiday blog train so be sure to follow all the links to get everything.






You should have arrived here from Mels World and your next stop is Kalo Designs Or if you click here to return to the blog train blog. While you are going around be sure to leave all the wonderful designers a little holiday cheer.

Happy Thanksgiving, New Releases, BIG Sales!! and some freebies, too!

I hope everyone has has had a fabulous Thanksgiving (or a great Thursday for those of ya'll not from the U.S. ;)) I spent the ENTIRE day in the kitchen. I started out making pumpkin pancakes for everyone and progressed to the big feast. Mr Bird was dressed and ready for the oven by 11:30 and we all sat down to dinner shortly after 5. There were no turkey fiascos this year :)

I'm headed out at midnight to go to Toys R Us and fight the crowds in hopes of grabbing up some super deals for Christmas. Then maybe to Wal-Mart and home. I'm hoping to do LOTS and LOTS of digiscrap related Black Friday shopping tomorrow afternoon. I'm really looking forward to shopping from the sofa with no crowds!

I've got a few things coming out for black Friday, too. They are available in my shops at Elemental Scraps and GDS for 50% off.

First I have a PERFECT kit for scrapping your fall feast. The colors reflect most of the foods on the Thanksgiving table.



and from my fabulous CT (and from the fab CT at ES, too)



In the spirit of Christmas shopping and the Holiday Season I have a collab with my pal Belinda of Dylabel Designs.






I also have these accessories to match Holly Jolly:





And in addition to those I also have some templates and a snow layer style.

There are some AWESOME sales going on for Black Friday, too!



The designers at ES have put together a fantastic FREE WITH PURCHASE kit. Free with ANY purchase. Who could pass that up??



And I've still got more to say...

Today at GDS you can get my Cranberry Jelly Alpha for free. It's today's Daily Download. You have to go there and get it, but I don't think it is up quite yet. Keep checking though. It's made to match my new Autumnal kit, but should look great with a variety of others, too.



AND one more freebie :D I have a whimiscal little alpha to coordinate with Holly Jolly, too. Free for the weekend and then is going into my shop. So grab it while it's free.

DSD Grab Bag Reveal and CU Winner(s)!

Wondering what was in the bag?

Here are a few LO's from my CT (and me, too ) using pieces of the bag:

And a I wanted to extend a GREAT BIG thanks to everyone who commented here, at DSA, and at DST. I've used the randomizer and picked someone from each place to win a copy of my CU Textures v3.

Lynn was my blog winner

Andybugs @ DST

and Amber565 @ DSA

I'll be sending out your codes in the next couple days as I get the item set up in the shop.

Happy Digital Scrapbooking Day!

I hope ya'll are ready for a happy, scrappy Digital Scrapbooking Day. I've got my DSD Grab Bag in the shop and it is packed FULL of goodies. There is over 180 MBs of DSD goodness in there!

This bag is valued at over $16 and is a real steal at only $3 for the DSD Weekend. You'll want to grab the bag before the end of the weekend, because on Monday I'm breaking up the pieces.

I've also got these yummy textures in the shop today

You can grab both of my CU Texture Packs at ES today and with the tiered Sale, you'd get 40% off the 2 of them.



And here is a CU Texture Sample you can test for free:



If you leave me a comment I'll come back and pick someone to win a copy of my next CU texture pack before it comes out next week.

Have a great weekend!

New stuff!

This week is going by too fast. I have been meaning to get this blog post done for days and they just kept slipping by. This week I've got a few new things in my shops. First I've got some Color Play goodies over at ES.

Each piece is only $1 this month and all go together to make a kit called "Some Enchanted Evening." Color Play is a "build your own collb" kind of thing. So my stuff looks fab with all of the other designer's Color Play goodies for November. Here is what I've got:


Everything together:



Some Enchanted Evening Papers:



some Enchanted Evening Elements:


Some Enchanted Evening Velvet Dot Alpha:


November 2009 color Play Glitter Styles:




I've also got a new kit availble at both ES and GDS.

Lil Dude:



I have a glitter pack to match for those who love a little extra sparkle. These include 2 wonderful multi-colored glitters that
are perfect in fall layouts.




The upcoming weekend is Digital Scrapbooking Day. There is lots going on all over digiland. Stop by both GDS and ES for some fun and games. There are big prizes to be had and BIG sales.

I've got a cute little QP I made with my Color Play kit "Some Enchanted Evening"


Have a great day ya'll.

Val